If we can say that the Attakwas Extreme puts a line in the sand for the 2020 endurance mountain bike season, then we can see that Matt Beers and Jennie Stenerhag have shown their cards and made their mark. The pair overcame formidable elite fields to win the Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme presented by Biogen. […]
Attakwas Extreme to open 2020 South African MTB season
The attention of the endurance mountain bike world turns to South Africa for the first three months of each year. It isn’t just the Cape Epic that brings in a big crowd, but it’s the top marathon events and shorter stage races as well. They make a group of racing where riders can test themselves […]
Andalucia Bike Race releases the 2020 route
The Andalucía Bike Race has announced its 2020 route for the race held from February 25 to March 1, beginning with a time trial with five marathon stages following. In 2020 the race has moved back to February and has a Hors Catégorie (SHC) classification from the UCI. The 2020 route will offer a variety […]
Smith and Mattocks to 2020 Cape Epic
With just 95 days to go until the world’s most prominent mountain bike stage race, Australian mountain bike racers Imogen Smith and Briony Mattocks have confirmed they will team up for the women’s category at the 2020 Absa Cape Epic in South Africa. Imogen is a part-time writing and media professional and full-time academic. Imogen […]
Mariske Strauss joins the CST Sandd Bafang team
Mariske Strauss will join the CST Sandd Bafang MTB Racing Team in the Olympic year 2020. Mariske will be the 3rd female rider to complete the CST Sandd Bafang MTB Racing Team , next to Yana Belomoina (UKR) and Anne Tauber (NED). This makes the team one of the strongest mountain bike teams on the […]
MarathonMTB.com at The Pioneer in 2019
With the 4th edition of The Pioneer starting this weekend in Queenstown, New Zealand, one of the most recent team pairings could also be one of the most competitive! While originally the MarathonMTB.com Team would comprise founding rider Mike Blewitt and Sebastian Jayne, young Tasmanian Sam Fox will now be joining Sebastian for the 6-day […]
Scott-SRAM take the big guns to the Cape Epic
This year SCOTT-SRAM MTB-Racing’s Nino Schurter and Lars Forster stormed to victory in the Absa Cape Epic. After they lost 6 minutes and 45 seconds to a major puncture on Stage 3, many thought it would not be possible for them to win the title. But they raced hard and were agressive – gaining back […]
Transalp announces 2020 route
The Transalp mountain bike stage race is on again from 5th-11th of July 2020, with a new route from Nauders in Austria to Riva del Garda in Italy. The 23rd edition of the MAXXIS BIKE Transalp shows that the spirit of discovery is not yet exhausted. The 2020 course runs on less frequented and rugged […]
Cory Wallace raises money for Nepal mountain bikers
If you know who Cory Wallace is, you know how passionate he is about riding and racing in the high mountains – and Nepal is at the heart of that. Cory has been at the centre of setting up and organising funding for the training centre for Nepali cyclists, and has organised a major training […]
All about the Madeira Bike Race
Be honest, do you even know where Madeira is? The Portuguese island located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been carving its way to become one of the best mountain bike destinations in the planet, noted for the freeride scene and of course hosting rounds of the Enduro World Series. The small island […]